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Property from the Estate of Elaine L. Levin
JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Femmes, oiseau, étoiles
Details
JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983)
Femmes, oiseau, étoiles
signed 'Miró' (lower right); signed again, titled, dated and inscribed 'Joan Miró Femmes, oiseau, étoiles x Palma majorque, 5-5-1942' (on the reverse)
pastel, pen and India ink and black Conté crayon on paper
16 5⁄8 x 29 7⁄8 in. (42.3 x 75.8 cm.)
Drawn in Palma de Mallorca on 5 May 1942
Femmes, oiseau, étoiles
signed 'Miró' (lower right); signed again, titled, dated and inscribed 'Joan Miró Femmes, oiseau, étoiles x Palma majorque, 5-5-1942' (on the reverse)
pastel, pen and India ink and black Conté crayon on paper
16 5⁄8 x 29 7⁄8 in. (42.3 x 75.8 cm.)
Drawn in Palma de Mallorca on 5 May 1942
Provenance
Anon. (acquired from the artist); sale, Christie’s, New York, 16 May 1985, lot 174.
La Boétie, Inc. (Helen Serger), New York (acquired at the above sale).
Elaine L. Levin (acquired from the above, 1985).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
La Boétie, Inc. (Helen Serger), New York (acquired at the above sale).
Elaine L. Levin (acquired from the above, 1985).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
J. Dupin and A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró: Catalogue raisonné, Drawings, 1938-1959, Paris, 2010, vol. II, p. 81, no. 943 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Atlanta, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Surreal Anatomies, October 2000-January 2001.
Brought to you by
Jakob Angner
Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale